Wireless Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Engineering, or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of networking and wireless engineering experience

• Experience supporting medium to large enterprise wireless environments

• Cisco Catalyst Center (DNA Center) experience

• Extensive Cisco 9800 WLAN Controller deployment experience

• Software Defined Access (SDA) deployment experience

• Understanding of SDA underlay, overlay, and VXLAN technologies

• Experience with Fabric Enabled Wireless

• Experience with Fabric-in-a-Box (FIAB)

• Ekahau wireless site survey experience

• Strong RF (Radio Frequency) design and troubleshooting experience

• Wireless deployment, migration, and optimization experience

• Advanced experience designing, implementing, and supporting Cisco networking solutions

• Experience creating, reviewing, and approving HLDs, LLDs, implementation plans, MOPs, and change management documentation

• Strong troubleshooting skills supporting complex enterprise networking environments

• Layer 2 / Layer 3 networking experience (Lan & WLAN)

• Experience working directly with customers, partners, and onsite technicians

• Jira experience and ability to provide project status reporting

• Strong customer-facing communication skills

• Ability to support implementation activities during nights and weekends as required

Experience supporting multi-site deployment programs and network refresh initiatives

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Aruba Wireless experience

• Enterprise wireless transformation experience

• Experience supporting large-scale banking or financial services environments

• AP-on-a-Stick survey experience

• Cisco ISE experience

• Python scripting experience

• API development experience

• Terraform experience

• Network automation experience

• Experience building test lab environments and customer simulations

• Experience creating reusable deployment methodologies, technical collateral, and knowledge-sharing assets

• 6 GHz wireless deployment experience

• RTLS experience

• Advanced certifications such as:

○ CCNP Enterprise

○ CCNP Wireless

○ CCIE Enterprise Wireless

○ CWNP

○ CWNE

○ Cisco DevNet

SDA Fundamentals

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Wireless Consulting Engineer for a project supporting a large-scale bank network transformation initiative focused on modernizing wireless infrastructure across a broad portfolio of enterprise locations. This engineer will play a critical role in the design, deployment, migration, optimization, and support of enterprise wireless environments leveraging Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco 9800 Wireless Controllers, Software Defined Access (SDA), RF design, Ekahau wireless surveys, and wireless automation technologies. The ideal candidate will serve as a technical leader, mentor junior engineers, drive implementation activities, review technical deliverables, resolve highly complex wireless and networking issues, and act as a trusted advisor to customer and internal stakeholders. Candidates should be comfortable supporting large-scale multi-site network refresh projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and participating in occasional night and weekend implementation windows

• Lead delivery and execution of enterprise wireless deployment projects supporting Cisco's Project Helium initiative

• Support the modernization of wireless infrastructure across enterprise and distributed customer locations

• Work extensively with customers, Cisco account teams, architects, and partners on deployment strategy and optimization efforts

• Create, review, and approve technical deliverables including HLDs, LLDs, design recommendations, RF designs, and implementation plans

• Configure, deploy, optimize, and troubleshoot Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco 9800 Controllers, SDA, Fabric Enabled Wireless, and Fabric-in-a-Box solutions

• Perform and review Ekahau predictive wireless surveys and AP placement designs

• Support AP-on-a-Stick validation activities when required

• Serve as a technical leader and escalation point for complex customer issues

• Build and leverage test environments to validate solutions and resolve complex networking challenges

• Direct and coordinate onsite technicians during implementation and deployment activities

• Support migration efforts from legacy wireless environments to modern Cisco wireless architectures

• Participate in change control, cutover planning, implementation validation, and post-deployment support

• Mentor junior engineers and provide peer reviews of technical work products

• Contribute to deployment methodologies, automation efforts, scripts, and reusable technical assets

• Deliver customer documentation, knowledge transfers, and technical training

• Track project activities and provide updates through Jira

Ensure all technical deliverables align with customer business objectives, deployment standards, and project goals